Do YOU Have One of Arizona’s Unclaimed Lottery Wins?

How many of us dream of winning the lottery, ditching our jobs, and living the good life? On average, Arizona sells approximately $1.5 billion in lottery tickets annually, encompassing both instant-win and draw games.

Arizona Has Millions in Unclaimed Lottery Prizes

We buy lottery tickets with stars in our eyes, dreaming of what we would do with all that cash. Pay off our home, buy a new car, quit our job, take a nice, long vacation. The list goes on and on.

Arizona has a fair share of lottery winners, but not all of them stick around to enjoy their newfound fortune. Some winners collect their prize, then vanish into oblivion. Sometimes they disappear by choice, and others vanish under mysterious circumstances.

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Take the case of the unclaimed million-dollar tickets floating around the state. As I write this, there are at least two jackpot-winning tickets left unaccounted for.

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One prize is worth $1.19 million from Triple Twist, and the other is a $1 million Powerball ticket. To this day, both jackpots remain unclaimed. No one knows where these prize-winning tickets are or why the winners haven't stepped forward.

Lottery Winners in Arizona Who Remain Anonymous

This isn't the first time Arizona has seen lottery winners disappear. Some winners intentionally opt for anonymity.

The Glendale couple who won $410 million in Mega Millions back in 2020 chose to remain unnamed. They cited privacy concerns and alluded to the infamous “lottery curse” that has plagued winners across the country. Winners collect a big prize, only to mishandle the money and end up bankrupt and destitute a short time later.

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But then there are the truly baffling cases of winners who simply never come forward. The Arizona Lottery keeps a list of unclaimed prizes, and some of the prizes are worth tens of thousands of dollars.

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Did someone buy a ticket and fail to realize they won the jackpot? Have the tickets been lost?  Whether it’s lost tickets, forgotten winnings, or winners who decide they’d rather keep their lives exactly as they were, Arizona has a lot of lottery mysteries.

This is your cue to check. If you ever bought a ticket and tossed it aside, this is a good time to double-check that junk drawer. You never know! You could be the one sitting on a fortune.

And if you are a winner? Maybe don’t disappear. At least let us know how you’re spending the cash!

Sources: Lottery Texts | Arizona Lottery | Time Magazine